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Running the command prompt from visual studio tools menu

This article tells you how to run visual studio command prompt from inside the visual studio.

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What I wanted in Studio


 
Steps:

  • Open Visual Studio
  • Go To "Menubar -->  Tools -->  External Tools"

  • Click "Add"

Enter Information:

Title:
Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt
Command: cmd.exe
Arguments: %comspec% /k ""C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"" x86


 
Click "Ok" and you are done.

Note: If you have a different installation directory, the arguments you need will probably be different. You can check the properties of the shortcut to the Visual Studio Command Line just to be sure: 




 
I hope you find this shortcut as useful as I did.

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Nice Post! by Susheel On July 16, 2009
I was trying to implement worflows with InfoPath on SharePoint. I needed 'Visual Studio Command Prompt' to execute commands to build class files. I am glad I found this post!

Susheel Dakoju
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Thank you! by Jose On August 27, 2009
Very helpful!
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Excellent article by Stelian On April 21, 2010
Thanks Matthew, I am going to build PostgreSQL on Windows using the VS command prompt.
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Command prompt by Stewart On August 5, 2010
Thanks bud Really helpful
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Thanks, Matthew by Mark On March 24, 2011
Just what I was looking for, clearly explained.
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hey man by don On April 4, 2011
is this 4 c# 2005 express edition? cause im getting .cmd errors?
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Running the command prompt from visual studio tools menu by Sergey On January 11, 2012
Thanks
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